Improvement in check-hooks for harness-saddles



A. V. SABGEANT.

Check-Hooks for Harness-Saddles. No. 142,415. Patented September2,1873

Witnesses, I I I72 W672 i0 7} @i waw this specification, and representing a side roll of the saddle, while the inward curve, at

NITED STATES PATENT ()FFICE.

ABRAHAM V. SARGEANT, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

IMPROVEMENT IN CHECK-HOOKS FOR HARNESS-SADDLES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ABRAHAM V. SAR- GEANT, of Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented an Improved Check-Hook and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawing making part of view of a check-hook for harness-saddles provided with my improvement.

My invention consists in a guard of peculiar form and arrangement, substantially as as herein described, cast or formed in one piece with the check-hook for the double purpose of preventing the check-rein from becoming accidentally unhooked, and of protectin g the roll of the saddle.

In the drawing, let A represent a checkhook, and B the guard, cast or formed in one piece with the check-hook. This guard extends upward in the interior of the hook, in the position substantially as shown, nearly to the upper turn of the hook, but leaves room enough above it to insert and Withdraw the rein edgcwise. The upper end of the guard curves inward, substantially as represented, making somewhat of a recurved hook, which efl'ectually prevents the check-rein from becoming acidentally unhooked under any ordinary circumstances.

The lower part of the guard curves outward somewhat, and thereby protects the No. 142,415, dated September 2, 1873; application filed May 29, 1873.

that spring-guards and hinged guards have.

been used, but these are attended with much additional expense, and are neither strong, durable, nor to be relied on; whereas my improved gnard is attended with only a trifling 7 additional expense, and does not interfere with the finishing of the check-hook, and is reliable in every way. I disclaim all constructions except substantially that hereinbefore described.

What I claim as my invention, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is-

A check-hook, A, provided with a fixed guard, B, which curves outward at the bottom and inward at the upper end a, substantially as and for the double purpose herein specified.

Specification signed by me this 10th day of April, 1873.

ABRAHAM V. SARGEANT.

Witnesses:

E. VAN WAGENEN, ISAAC GAs'roN. 

